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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:	Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:	Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:	Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1433
Total number of notes:	10312

1077.0. "Load/Unload Accessories with re-boot?" by RUTILE::BISHOP () Thu Feb 21 1991 11:09

    Hi there,
    
    I have a little question, that is hopefully not too much of a silly
    one!
    
    I have more than enough accessories, and sometimes i like to use them
    and sometimes i don't. "Fine" i hear you all say.
    
    I would like to load different ones at different times. I know there
    are programs to do this on a boot... but can you load ACC's without
    re-booting (cold/warm start) the Atari?
    
    Is there a program to do this? Is it on the Net? 
    
    Many thanks in advance,
                                          
    				Lewis.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1077.1	how about these?	DECWIN::GILLIAM		`Thu Feb 21 1991 13:35`	5
	Yes, there's a commercial program called Multidesk by Codehead Software (Los Angeles) that allows you to load and unload accessories without rebooting. I think a PD program named Chameleon does something similar.
1077.2		COMICS::DSMMGR	Pigman, Pigman, ha ha charade you are...	`Fri Feb 22 1991 09:27`	5
	Yep, CHAMELEON.ACC is very good... and PD. Isn't therean acc called DC STUFFER as well ? jonathan
1077.3	STe warning	UKCSSE::RDAVIES	I can't tryp for nots	`Mon Feb 25 1991 08:09`	4
	However... neither of these work with an STe!. I'd love to have something that does though. Richard
1077.4		SIEVAX::JAMIE	Having wrubble with your turds ?	`Mon Feb 25 1991 10:11`	6
	Hmmm... I'd take the STE compatible or not! Wanna do a swap Richard ? ;-) Jamie.
1077.5	what I meant was....	UKCSSE::RDAVIES	I can't tryp for nots	`Tue Feb 26 1991 08:26`	4
	maybe you missunderstand my meaning. I'm happy with the STe (No I don't want to swap) but I'd love to have an STe compatible accessory swapper. Richard
1077.6		SIEVAX::JAMIE	Conquistador in search of Gold	`Tue Feb 26 1991 10:05`	1
	No, I didn't misunderstand you; I was just dreaming ;-)
1077.7	Thanks...	RUTILE::BISHOP		`Fri Mar 01 1991 02:59`	16
	Don't we all dream! ;-) but back to the main question again! Thanks for the pointers. I have d/l CHMELEON.ARC and un-arced it. Now i have it up and ``running''. It's just what i wanted! Just one small question though. Not being a member of the German speaking community and not having a German-English dictionary, i was wondering if anyone who has it could give me some brief details. Is it possible to unload and then to reload another different accessory? If so, how? Which key sequence's to exit the current loaded accessory back to the desktop? Can you have more than 1 accessory selected thorugh CHAMELEON? Thanks in advance for all the answers, Regards, Lewis.
1077.8	CHAMELEON.ACC instructions	COMICS::DSMMGR	Pigman, Pigman, ha ha charade you are...	`Fri Mar 01 1991 04:23`	17
	This is from memory, but here goes. Load CHAMELEON as a normal D.A. Click on it and you get a file selector. Choose the new D.A you wish to load and it will load and be activated at once. If you hold down the shift key while selecting the new D.A it will be load but not be immediately made active. To unload the selected D.A (indicated in the D.A drop down menu by its name preceded by an arrow (->) ) hold down the ALT and LEFT_SHIFT keys and then click on the D.A name. CHAMELEON will be reloaded and ready for new use. There are occasions when CHAMELEON is unable to unload a D.A it has loaded though this only happens in a minority of cases. Hope this helps, Jonathan
1077.9	Thanks.	RUTILE::BISHOP		`Wed Mar 06 1991 08:30`	8
	Thanks one and all. Chameleon is great. It is exactly what i'm looking for, and has helped me alot. Regards, Lewis.